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Alice in Wonderland – Movie Review

Posted: March 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Walt Disney once famously said, “I hope we never lose sight of one thing.  That it all started with a mouse.”  While that’s a great quote, truth be told it all started with The Alice Comedies, the Disney clan’s first commercially successful foray into the world of animation.  Walt Disney (and the relatively unsung Ub […]

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Alice in Wonderland

Posted: March 5, 2010 at 12:01 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp have re-teamed once again. This time they tackle an adaptation of one of Lewis Carroll’s most famous novels, “Alice In Wonderland.” I first must tell you some of the 3D effects are great while others are lacking in the modern 3D era. Some of these effects are really messy. Burton […]

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Johnny Depp and Girlfriend Vanessa Paradis Co-Starring in “American Lover”

Posted: March 1, 2010 at 1:05 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Johnny Depp and his longtime girlfriend, Vanessa Paradis are set to star in Lasse Halstrom’s (Dear John, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?) American Lover. The two will be bringing their natural chemistry to a story which will most likely be taken from de Beauvoir’s famous collection of communiqués between the pair in the 1940s, A Transatlantic […]

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Win FREE Passes to “Alice in Wonderland” at the St. Louis Advance Screening

Posted: February 24, 2010 at 4:10 pm   /   Contests, Local

ReviewSTL invites you to enter to win passes to the St. Louis advance screening of “Alice in Wonderland” Enter for your chance to win a pass good for two! Synopsis: From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure “Alice in Wonderland”, a magical and imaginative twist on some […]

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Ian McShane Joins “Pirates of the Caribbean” Sequel

Posted: February 22, 2010 at 8:34 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Ian McShane of HBO’s Deadwood fame is all signed on to play Blackbeard in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. McShane will play the main villain for the film which shifts its focus completely on Johnny Depp’s Captain Sparrow. Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley are not signed on to do any more films in […]

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Angelina Jolie and Jon Voight Reunite

Posted: February 22, 2010 at 1:50 pm   /   Local, Off the Wall

Angelina Jolie and father Jon Voight are reunited after almost a decade of estrangement. The father and daughter apparently patched things over while in Venice over the weekend. The two along with Jolie’s partner Brad Pitt, and their children were photographed alongside Voight. According to MSNBC Pitt was a big part of the reconciliation. “Since […]

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Book Of Eli

Posted: January 15, 2010 at 11:45 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

The Hughes Brothers have not made a film since 2001’s From Hell starring Johnny Depp, and sometimes their lack of practice shines through in their new film Book of Eli. Their flair and overall filmmaking sense seems to be well enough intact to bring us a pretty strong January release. Post apocalyptic worlds are all […]

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Posted: January 9, 2010 at 3:46 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

The latest film from former Monty Python Terry Gilliam is a lot like a kaleidoscope, beautiful to watch, and at times captivating to watch, but ultimately confusing and a disarray of colors. The film has recently gained a lot of notoriety due to the fact that it is Heath Ledger’s final film, and he died […]

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Official Johnny Depp Mad Hatter Photo From Disney’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Posted: January 7, 2010 at 3:32 pm   /   Film, Local

It really isn’t much, but it is technically the first “official” photo of Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. Although, since there has already been a couple trailers, and lots of images it doesn’t really have much to offer. It is a still released from Disney from the last trailer.  My hopes aren’t as high […]

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New Art for Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Posted: December 23, 2009 at 11:18 am   /   Film, Local

The media machine seems to be pumping for March’s Alice in Wonderland. We’ve been getting rewarded with trailers and pictures galore lately. The hype is building steadily for this one, and it looks like it has the potential to be Burton’s highest grossing project yet.

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